You're right Terry, I don't like your answer! And I don't think any of the other explanations answered the question adequately...
>From my purely physical model, it would be a natural cause-effect relationship >due to a polarizable vacuum... i.e., the electric and magnetic fields of mainstream physics are simply a result of the polarization of the local vacuum, and how particles respond to that polarization. With all the sophistication and accuracy to umpteen decimal places in atomic physics/QM, how come we can't explain WHY they're perpendicular! I think any theory should have to explain the simple observations first before delving down into more difficult and esoteric aspects of physics. -Mark -----Original Message----- From: Terry Blanton [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 11:37 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular? You are not going to like my answer: "Because it is their nature." Yeah. Told you. It is best understood by studying the Lorentz Force and working your way from there. I like this site: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hph.html (click on the bubble to expand) but, there's always Wikipedia. Now Brian Greene would have me say "Because it is their nature in this universe." T
